Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog!
I have dedicated a little more than the last three years to really delve into the music theory. I realize I have only scratched the surface, but the more I scratch the more intrigued I get. But first things first. Let's rewind and start from the beginning...

Who am I then? Well, I started with music early in my life.
When I was about 4 I started by baning on pans and pots in the kitchen until my  parents got crazy enough. So they decided to buy me drums so I could do something useful with my restless drumming on everything. I early discovered the vast variations of rythms and I really saw myself becoming a great drummer. I took classes in my church for a few years until I got to my early teens.

I don't know why and how but somehow it was natural for me to become a trumpeter since my dad and my sis both played in the brass band. I started brassing off with the cornet and played in the mini band for a while and then in the real brass band which was pretty cool. I become the 3rd/2nd cornet. We even competed in Brighton and won!!! (in our division of course), but it was a mighty feeling to even win against the brits. It is not a bad feat, and it is something I still remember with pride. We also made a record.

About the time I played the cornet I started to discover the guitar and after a few years in my late teens I was in a band in my church and played some covers to christian pop songs. I realized how amazing the guitar is and how much better it is compared to the cornet. I even had the dilusion it would never require me to warm up as a brass instrument would. Boy was I wrong! But the guitar gives me a lot more versatility that the brass instrument can't give me. Fast forwarding a little, I went to the University and it took a lot of attention from the music and I only played intensively in periods until just 3 years ago when I suddenly decided that I really want to become a semiprofessional guitarist. Since then I have practiced practically everyday. At weekends as much as 6 hours a day. What drives me is the feeling of expressing my inner music on an instrument. And the more I play the more I can express and the happier I get. I would go as far as to claim that playing an instrument or sing is the best antidepressive you can get. It makes you focus on the now and it keeps you centered.

About five years ago, my mom thought I should use my voice more (well, there are a lot of girls so I saw the benefit from it). However, even though I sung in choirs before I have considered it to be silly. I did as my mother said though good a son as I am and got into a huge gospel choir. Wow!!! It blew my mind totally! It was so much fun, and I learned a lot of singing techniques and fundamental choir signs etc. A good foundation for a newbe as I was. After a while I took this very seriously and attended singing classes. I learned to breathe correctly, vocalization, tone quality, articulation and posture etc... all at the same time. It is not at all as easy as it sounds. I still have to work with those details. All was well for some time but after one concert with drums banging just at the side of my ear I got tinnitus so I switched to something calmer. I got into a university based choir with a mixed reportoir with much variation where I'm still a member. I have also started in another choir which is a challenge, but I really want to be in both choirs and I like a good challenge. We will see what will happen.

Anyways... in my musical carreer I have learned a few things that I feel I want to share with everyone. It is my hope that you will benefit from the information.

Thank you for reading this far. =)